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[Charlotte88]

Hi all, I’m hoping you can give me some suggestions to tone down & make the exterior of this more traditional please. It’s a bit bold & messy for me at the moment. I’d be interested in any ideas, short term & cheaper initially. But long term more expensive ideas are welcome too. Thank you

[gc1967]

Its very hard to tell if the windows and cladding are plastic or not, if they are you stuck with the black if there wood I would certainly change them to a lighter colour. The front door green is too dark, and white walls are so plain.
I would look on the farrow and ball paint charts and look at the heritage colours, you could choose the colours from there range and get the colour mixed at a trade decorating centre in a cheaper brand of paint.